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A wedding around Wollongong is usually set against one of two backdrops: the ocean, seen from the escarpment, a headland or the harbour, or the green farmland behind Kiama and Albion Park. The reception venues below sit in both, and the celebrants, photographers, florists and caterers alongside them travel across the Illawarra, so the ceremony and the dinner can be in different places without changing your team.
Start with the seated number, because it narrows the field fastest. Greyleigh at Jerrara seats up to 200 in a restored 1800s dairy shed, with lawn room for 250. The Pavilion Kiama's Norfolk Room seats up to 240 above Surf Beach, and Panorama House at Maddens Plains runs five rooms on the escarpment, from the Pacific Room for 40 upward. For a smaller table, Lu Mare on Wollongong Harbour seats 60 and North Beach Pavilion serves share-style feasts for up to 48.
If guests are travelling in, Ravensthorpe Estate in Albion Park is worth a look: the 1890s homestead is hired exclusively, its pavilion seats 50 to 200, and 14 people can stay on site in the Manor House, Stables and Bateman Cottage.
How couples tend to split the rest of the work:
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The Pavilion Kiama's Norfolk Room seats up to 240, Greyleigh's dairy shed seats up to 200 with lawn space for 250, and Ravensthorpe Estate's pavilion seats 50 to 200. Panorama House's largest room takes several hundred, and The Groundz in Dapto can be hired whole for up to 650.
Ravensthorpe Estate in Albion Park has on-site accommodation for 14 guests across the Manor House, the Stables and Bateman Cottage, and the whole homestead is booked exclusively for your event.
M2 Kitchen brings a refrigerated truck plus a mobile kitchen and bar. 2 Smoking Barrels runs a self-contained food truck with a crew of three and full pack-down, and Dine In has Chef Brooke Silk cooking and plating each course on site.
Yes. Divine Productions has Anthony Hughes singing with acoustic guitar for the ceremony, then taking over as DJ and MC, with packages up to a seven-hour day. Let's Say I Do Celebrant can also MC the reception after running the ceremony.
Lu Mare on Wollongong Harbour seats up to 60, or about 30 in its courtyard or function room, with set menus from $67 per person. Harbourfront Seafood Restaurant takes seated functions from 20 guests with seafood menus from $65 per person.
Cole Studios combines photography, cinematic film and licensed drone pilots in one booking. Gavin Cato Photography includes drone shots in every package and offers an optional ceremony-and-speeches video, and Dragonfly Productions films documentary-style wedding films.
Yes. Q Strings plays violin and cello as a trio, duet or solo violin, and can arrange requests for the aisle, the signing or the first dance. Ellie Maye Belly Dance performs solo or with a troupe, as one feature spot or a few shorter sets, and Circus Monoxide supplies aerial, juggling and stilt walking acts. Ultimate DJs then runs the dance floor, with MC hosting as an add-on.
